On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lydia, there is more to (2) than just talking about the data stored in those
> files on Commons. Scans like the one you mention should link back to the
> Wikidata item. So there is a need to be able to add such Wikidata links from
> every file that refers to the image. So for example in this case below of a
> painting on Wikipedia, I use several images to illustrate the article, but
> this is a painting that has been restored and the before and after images
> are on Commons, but not in a dedicated category together :
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mark,_by_Frans_Hals
> I want to link both of these files to the Wikidata item, which is possible
> if I edit the artwork templates of both files by hand, but it would be nice
> to be able to update these with a mouseclick.

Yes, exactly. For example one scan of the Mona Lisa would have a
statement on it saying it is a scan of the particular painting. And
that would be a link to the Wikidata item for the painting.


Cheers
Lydia

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